Catan: Seafarers Game Expansion

In The Seafarers of Catan you control a group of seafaring settlers exploring and taming the uncharted Isles of Catan. Embark on a quest to settle the island, build ships, and chart the nearby waters. Guide your settlers to victory with clever trading, cunning development, and by establishing the most productive sea lanes. Acquire your resources through card play and the luck of the dice. Discover far-off mines and use gold and combinations of resources–grain, wool, ore, brick, and timber — to develop your ever-expanding empire. Of course, the best strategy and a dash of luck decides who will be the undisputed ruler of the Isles of Catan. You need The Settlers of Catan board game to use this expansion, sold separately.

Catan: Seafarers Game Expansion Reviews:

When I expanded the original Settler’s of Catan game with the Seaferrers expansion I was amazed at how such simple additions could make the game so much more fun. With Cities and Knights the changes aren’t simple but they are totally worth it. Once you’ve become very familiar with the first two expansions and feel as though you’ve mastered the game, this expansion will bring back the challenge and more!
While there are actually very few new pieces added to your overal game play the rules associated are complex (at first) but after studying the rules a couple times and playing through it I was totally aclamated. This exapansion is great!
Now if I can only convince my Wife to buy the forth expansion
If you own the base Settlers of Catan, you should immediately order this expansion set. The base Catan game can get a bit cramped with 4 players. Even the expansion base game with 5-6 players gets cramped and the strategies can get a bit rote once the game has been played more than 20 times. With the Seafarers extension, the board really opens up. The strategies become more varied, and the value of the resources becomes more balanced. In the base game wheat and ore are paramount because of their use in building cities. In Seafarers, sheep and wood are elevated in importance because of their use in building ships. Trading resources becomes even more important. Finally, this set is a tremendous value. There are at least 3-4 excellent scenarios of playing this expansion so you really are getting a lot for your money. Very highly recommended.